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"Where other teams went out and got that veteran guy, we kept getting younger," Durant said.

His mother, Wanda Durant, told Rolling Stone that his summer of free agency was his breaking point.

"But this summer he said, ’Mama, I can’t do it anymore. They’re not in this thing with me, we’re not together like we were -- I feel like I need something different,’ " she said.

The profile later notes the moments after Kevin Durant met with various teams, spent hours thinking about which team to choose and waking up knowing that he was going to leave Oklahoma City for the Golden State Warriors. He also talked about what he called one of the hardest phone calls he’s ever made.